Telegram-herald., 1887-03-07
RAILROAD HORROR
e Trala % ne Iroa Mountain
Gees Through 3 Bridge.
A IIsaaE 1EE 1T THE NECK.
Batting With ths Nsfsrs-A Struggle
for Lits-Aaes kliisa and ssuaa-
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81 LoVIs Ne. Nssca e.-Tbs soath
e0an2 Texas sxpress On ths lr0a Aoantzin
railway ran iato . W&sboat tFessts "a
sai.es nos.A u DeSoso. No. s5ooI Il o'eisck
izst CHA The grain con slsssa II two kSs-
gaze. sas sxprsss. enc szaoking car. two
Ersl eiass eoacaes AID four sisepers, ana
earfisd ~ al ls9 passengers TIE Memphis
express lad pEssesisi Ihs aalacky train Only
half Al boer preYions and passed over a
safely The trsi8 aai1h vent lhr9ueh the
lfes.le wss running a. t1s usual rate Of
speed AID there EaS 40 Nzralng " the hear
spPro4ch % dsngsr. me structure gave
way un1es he weight Of Ins tain and tAs
enslae. tspcsr, two baggage cars. express
car and smoker pl1nge1 downward into tie
noOo Dea~sih.
fhe storm had been sudden and heavy
aud the waters came c0sn tae Aihs into
the cres2 4ialOs. zs II they were released
river. lne smoker rad IL il about thirty
passengers who found themselves preci pit
alsd iut3 The rushing waters.
Tie scene i described - = teTri6le one.
Men we're ciinging fJ- their lives % tress al
over the submerged bottom, ihe horror of
the wreck being supplemented BY thai Of
drowning. A relief train weat oat from
the city and the work oil rescue was at once
begun. Many men were rescued from small
tree tops to which they had ciung for hours.
The ki.led 50 far rs reported are 40 follows;
DAVID BIEAN. u naachInisL OF De
Soto. No.
SAM MEYER brakeman
Besides these there were nine persons
more or less seriously injured. Dehnile in
formation from the wreck Was hard 10 pro-
cnre and the fBll results may prove even
yeJ more serious a. II Is not known exactly
hog macy persons were in the smoker
winch was ingulled and further search may
reveal thst other passengers have been
drowned Tne engineer. fireman. baggage
man aud express messenger escAped by
c.lnEing 10 the Lroken wreck until they
were rescued.
Heurg G. slenker, Of indianapolis. who
wa ia tie smoker With his son, says. I'VE
were d0zipg when ] was aroused By q
shock aud felt the car running over the ties
Then there Was a sensation OF falling. and
when We strlck the water ! thought We
were ia the Mississippi. The water rose
rapiCiy IN the cars And 1 kicked out win
,n,-r and ciinging 10 the car got out ia
the stream. BY tnis time the water
was i've feet high ia the
car and was over the window.
J crswled through I told nay BOY 10 stand
upon TIE seats ard hand me my shotgun. /
nroke the ventilators and part of the
frame work aud pulled the Ooy out. lie is
a good swimmer aud helped me drag an
Italian woman and i've men through the
hole Dae niAn was drowned in a corner OF
toe car / sa6 others breaking ont of the
Windows in the forward part Of the CIR
which was much higher. as the car was
inclined toWard the bank We swan
ashore and were furnished with blanket
from he sleeper. | saw great many peo-
pie who were hurt in the coach which came
after The smoker, bat heard there were only
two dead
Wnen the relief train reached the scene
the injured were found n the coSches and
sleepers. The wrecked cars had been CAL
ried 1OWn Il hundred yards below the
bridge aud were stretched ia fantastic pos
tons. The wa.er had receted and the cai .
were living on the land The drowned arr:
Sem Meyer, of 81. Lonis, a brakeman
Henry Byron. a merchant. OF DeSoto. Mo.
ByIoa was drowned in the smoker snd
Meyers who is missing. is supposed 70
have been drowned before leaving the car.
fOiiOwing are The wounded. NaitD Att
never, Columbus, O, cut badly: Antonio
PalteiO, italy, cut ia the head, Frank
Burns, 81. Louis. bagg1gemsn, internal in
iur,e-, Lon Kelly. St. Louis, engineer, cut
ard bruised. Frank Hatch. De Soto painful
cOntusiOas. Louis Haas fireman. skull
fractured; J. H. Baldwin. jamestown, n l.,
cut in bead and hand; j. j. Idtcomb San
Jose Cal. cui in neck and head: S. Il. Rick,
Point Bnmside, XIV. c0ntasi0ns and inter
mai injuries; J. IL. FOnts ne, news agent.
cut and ribs fractured. A dozen others we're
injured who we're taken south and whose
names could not be learned.